pictures from day 3

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So after that wonderful morning of introspection and afternoon in Boulder, I got a good night's sleep in the Hampton Inn in Grand Junction, Colorado, and woke up feeling both refereshed and completely ready to be done with the trip.

I mean, completely ready. Spending 8-9 hours driving each day was a lot more relaxing than 10-11 hours like I'd done on the trip out, but it was resulting in too many days -- and it looked like there'd be nothing but clouds and probably rain for the rest of the trip anyway. So I did a bit of research, and decided to re-route up US 6 to Salt Lake City and then get back on good ol' reliable boring 80, probably stopping in the middle of Nevada for the night.

Today's photos

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So I'm thinking about the "latte-drinking liberal" moniker...it seems likely that if Jesus drank coffee, it would've been the thick middle-eastern style best known in America as Turkish coffee, with spices and perhaps a lot of sugar. Not a latte, sure, but much closer to espresso than to Folgers Crystals.

Not, of course, that logic or historical accuracy has anything to do with it.

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This Best Western is like any other, so much so that I just had to stand up and look at my reservation printout to remind myself which chain it is. But that's what they offer: consistency. My hotel reservations for this trip are with a variety of brands, but I suspect I still won't see much difference at this price range.

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Bought breakfast and something lunchy from Wild Oats...I'm still surprised that this store didn't last in Berkeley. My mocha tastes too much like soy. Diane Rehm is quavering intelligenly on the radio.

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there are holes in rocks
cows staring up at them, mute
highway zooming past

today's pictures

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it's taking me longer to fall into the long zen of driving...switching from npr to bob marley is helping with that

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most of the casino billboards seem to feature women -- always at least one blonde -- with very large mouths. why the large mouths? does that convey "fun" to us monkeys? just seems odd to me.

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I'm going to type notes, ideas..lots of typos...and then edit & post 'em later. it some ways I'm wishing I had a voice recorder, but I doubt I'd ever transcribe 'em. text is my thing.